Sash-holder.



E. T. GASKILL,

SASH HOLDER.

APPLIGATIGN FILED JULY 3,1908.

Patented Em WITNESSES ATTORNEYS (low, with a corrugation A, extending vertica-lly and providing a series of depressions I many other suitable manner;

- UNITED 1 s'rn'rns PATENT'OFFICE.

ELIilAH THOMAS GASKILL, OFNEWBERN, NORTH GARGLINA.

SASH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed July 3, 1968. Serial No. 441,774

Fig. 2 is a detail verticalsection of aportion thereof, Fig. 3 1s a cross section on about line 33 of'Fig. 2, and Fig. 4. illustrates inside and edge view a retaining de- .vlce having two rollers instead of one as shown in Fig. 2.

By my inventionI seek to provide a sash that can be moved up and down with equal facility and will be retained in any position to' which it may be adjusted.

In carrying out my inventionl'provide one of the window strips, whlch may bethe parting bead or the other strip as desired,

but it is usually the inner strip of the winin which a spring actuated roller carried by the sash niay operate, the roller being forced pastthe elevations of the-corrugation in adustlng the window it or down and seatm t. v

' "in the depression to hold the sash in any desired adjustment. 5 a

In the construction shown the roller B is mounted eccentrically. on. the shaft C, which latter is journaled in a spring actuated support so that the roller rotates on the axle 'or shaft, and the said axle or shaft also rotates this being important in preventing amming in the operation of the invention. The spring actuated support is shown as a plate spring D, having lugs D, at its middle point providing a bearing for the axle C, andsaid plate spring D s bowed outwardly [between its ends and 18 yield ingly secured at its end D to its carrier or .base plate E by means of a pin F extending through a longitudinal slot F in the plate D, the other'end of the plate being usually fixed to the plate E by a rivet asshown, or

' The carrier or base plate E-has its; ends 'E. deflected forming. spurs which may be in sash driven into the wood of the window sash in securing the device in position for use.

In operation it is preferred to recess the window sash at-G to receive the device for actuating the roller and to steady the said device in position when I applied as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Usually I provide each sash with roller devices arranged at the cornersof the sash as will 'be understood from dotted lines Fig. 1.

The rollers may be duplicated and two or more used in each device according to the .weight or size of the sash, two rollers being shown as mounted on the spring plate in" Fig. 4 of the drawings. It will be noticed that in operation the sash will be held from rattling and can be secured in any desired position up or down and will .be dust proof from the outside in the use of the invention.

The corrugated window strip it 'wiu be noticed forms a seat for the spring actuated roller and when two or more rollers are pro- 'vided, as will be understood from F ig. 4,:

they are so spaced apart as to operate in their respective depressions in the said cor rugated seat. v

The corrugations are preferably ot' the ratchet form as shown, this construction erinitting the sash to be raised readily an yet aiding in holding-the sash in-any desired adjustment and in permitting the same to be forciblypulled down when desired, the shoulder'of the ratchet being arranged to face upwardly as illustrated in Figs. 2 and at of the drawing.

I I. .The combination substantially as herein described of a window sash having a recess in its face, a base plate or carrier fitted in said recess and provided at its ends with spurs driven into the sash, a plate spring .bowed outwardly between its ends and secured at one end to the base plate of the carrier and slidable at its other'end relatively to the base plate orcarrier,-the said spring plate having between its ends outwardly projecting lugs or ears, an axle br shaft ournaled loosely 1n said ears, a roller eccentrically on the axle or shaft between the .said lugs, and a corrugated seatagainst which-the said rollerbears, substantially as I set forth.

2. The combination with a window sa h and its'frame, of a spring on one of said parts a roller journaled ercentrically and rurried by the spring on one of said parts,- "prising a carrier, a plate spring held to and and a corrugated strip carried by the other slidable relatively to the carrier and having part and forming a seat for said roller, suban outwardly bowed portion between its stantially as set'forth. t. ends, and lugs 01 ears projeeting therefrom,

5 3.. A window retaining device comprisin and a roller journaled between said lugs or 1.5

a bnsetplate 0r carrier, at spring-plateheld ears, Substantially as set forth.

thereto and bowed outwardly between its ,ELIJAH THOMAS .GASKILL. ends. and an eccentrically journaled roller Witnesses: 5 carried by. said spring. H. M. GROVES,

10 4:. The improvement herein described com- W. A. Mcllvrosrri 

